Mamie at Her Best


What are your favorite Mamie movies? Which have you seen? Which ones you do want to see? I don't think the posting has paid enough attention to Mamie's talent or even her screen personality. I find her a lot of fun on the screen - she has a frisky playfulness on the screen that is unique. And she is quite versatile. You know she is a little like every one of the other 50's blondes. She can be whispery like Marilyn. She can be spirited like Jayne. She is leggy like Sheree. She can be a "bad girl" like Cleo. She is knowing like Diana. She can be brassy like Barbara. All of these blondes get lumped together but they are all quite different - yet I can see Mamie playing virtually any given role the others have done, maybe not always as well as they did but still giving a good performance and believable in the role.

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I'm sure i have seen teachers pet when i was
really little (my mom Might even have it on VHS?)
and she is a great singer too~
she is a VERRY kind woman~
SHE IS GORGEOUS i love her pinup style
and glamour shots too~
I LOVED! her cameo in Slackers it was the best part~

"Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star."-Jayne Mansfield

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I liked High School Confidential, Running Wild, Sex Kittens Go To College, and Las Vegas Hillbillys (for obvious reasons). I really want to see 3 Nuts In Search Of A Bolt, just haven't gotten around to ordering it yet!

Professional Jayne Mansfield fanatic/lover™ since 1980.

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I haven't seen 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt yet either. I have seen Mamie in Teacher's Pet, Las Vegas Hillbillys, Francis Joins the WACS, A Star in the Dust, Vice Raid, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women, The Second Greatest Sex, Yankee Pasha, The All American. I believe I saw High School Confidential and Girls Town but I'm not sure if they were the full movies or just clips from shows, it was like two decades ago.

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I just got Frances Joins The Wacs, Mamie is adorable in it. I like Mamie's part in Teacher's Pet but I don't like the whole movie. Girls Town is on the way.

Professional Jayne Mansfield fanatic/lover™ since 1980.

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She is great fun in them all, but I especially enjoy High School Confidential, Sex Kittens Go To College, and also The Beat Generation with Steve Cochran.

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Favorite - UNTAMED YOUTH ('58)

also love - GIRLS TOWN, THE BEAT GENERATION, GUNS, GIRLS AND GANGSTERS, HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, RUNNING WILD, COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL, SEX KITTENS GO TO COLLEGE, SIX NUTS IN SEARCH OF A BOLT, TEACHER'S PET, and THE GIRL IN BLACK STOCKINGS.

I love Mamie Van Doren and have about 30 (8 by 10) movie stills of hers and a number of her films.

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College Confidential and The Girl in Black Stockings are class!

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My favourite Mamie picture is "Teachers Pet". Didn't rate "the Girl In Black Stockings" but the version I bought off e bay wasn't very good.

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